Aung san suu kyi is truly an inspirational figure. A brave woman who struggled isolation and house arrest and was forced to chose between her family and her country. She gained international recognition, a Nobel Peace Prize, and countless supporters in Burma and around the world.
Her courage is to be admired. Battling loneliness and separation from her beloved children and husband, she fought quietly for democracy in her country. In the end, after more than 15 years she was allowed to be free, and just last year she was allowed to leave her country. But what did she lose in the meantime? Her beloved husband and great love of her life... Is this personal sacrifice worth it? Would anyone be able to give up happiness in exchange for a greater food and more noble cause as the democratic future of a nation?
I cried at various moments, in awe by Aung Sun's courage and drive. I cried also at the demonstration of yet again the incomparable slyness of cancer to steal our loved ones and rob us of our passions and dreams...
It is such energy as Aung Sun's that make me feel like I'm underperforming and cannot hope to even achieve such greatness as she did. When others live life struggling for a country, what am I doing? Struggling to live my own life, struggling to deal with such seemingly trivial matters of feeling abandoned and very lonely!
What are my troubles on comparison to the troubles of the world and its people's...?
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